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A Pakistani girl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen is "not out of the woods" but is doing well and has been able to stand for the first time, doctors at the British hospital treating her said on Friday.

Results of a Gallup Poll released Wednesday show the former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney has a six point lead on President Barrack Obama.

The New York Federal Court of Appeals ruled the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies certain entitlements to same-sex couples as unconstitutional.The decision comes from the case of 83-year-old lesbian Edith Windsor sued the state for denying her spousal tax deduction and charging her $363,000 in estate taxes.